Verizon expands its 5G network to four more cities

Verizon is addicted four more cities to the 5G network. Starting today, customers in Atlanta, Detroit, Indianapolis and Washington, DC can connect to the company's latest wireless network. The additions mean that Verizon's 5G network is now available in nine US cities, after it was previously rolled out in Denver, Providence, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Chicago. Verizon says his 5G network will be live in more than 30 cities by the end of the year.

When we tried the network in Chicago ourselves, we found that it could reach speeds of up to a gigabit per second. However, the dependence on the use of mmWave technology ensured that these speeds were concentrated in very specific areas and that coverage in buildings did not in principle exist. Verizon's guidelines on its 5G coverage in Washington, DC illustrate the problem because it lists very specific locations where you can connect to the next-gen network: